Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale

Back to catalogue Place Bid or Track Lot Lot No: 21 Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (British,1872-1945) "Prospero and Ariel," from an early 20thcentury edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest . With label onverso. Signed lower right. Chalk on paper. 81.9 x 50.8cm (32 1/4 x 20in). Framed. Estimate: US$4,000 - 6,000 Footnote: Born in Surrey, Fortescue-Brickdale was trained at the CrystalPalace School of Art and the Royal Academy schools in London. Shebegan exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1896. In 1897 she won aprize for the Royal Academy dining room design. She illustratedmany books of poetry and prose, and designed posters for thegovernment during World War I, after which her stained glass windowdesigns were in great demand. She was the first woman to be electeda member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and to be anassociate member of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colour.She taught at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London, beforetraveling extensively through Italy and the south of France. To subscribe to or order a Printed Catalogue quote ref:19514 Tel: +1 800 223 2854 ext 3550

LOT 26 - ELEANOR FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE, R.W.S. 1871-1945 THE GILDED APPLE signed with monogram and dated 1899 l.r. watercolour over pencil 8,000—12,000 GBP measurements measurements note 45 by 26cm., 17½ by 10¼in. Description signed with monogram and dated 1899 l.r. watercolour over pencil Christie's, 15 May 1984, lot 253;Christopher Wood Gallery, London;Private collection

LOT 200 - FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE,ELEANOR. "O LOVE! HAS SHE DONE THIS TO THEE? | WHAT SHALL, ALAS! BECOME OFME?" 375 by 240mm., fine pencil and watercolour drawing, signed withinitials 'EFB' lower right, mounted, framed and glazed 8,000—12,000 GBP CATALOGUE NOTE An illustration of the final couplet from John Lyly's lyricusually known as 'Apelles' Song' from his play Alexander andCampaspe. Labels preserved on the reverse of the frame suggestpublication in a volume Cards and Kisses which is untraced.

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale R.W.S (1870-1945)Victorian Lady standing before a large rhododendron WatercolourSigned with monogram lower right 50.5 x 26 cm (19 3/4 x 10 1/4 in)Provenance: with J.S. Maas; with Sandorval & Co., New York; TheWilliam E. Fischelis Collection, Philidelphia Please note this lotis subect to import tax condition report Under glass, slight fading to colours, novisible damage

Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, R.W.S. (1871-1945) 'In Springtime, the only pretty ring time when birds do sing' from'As You Like It', Act V, scene 3 signed with monogram and dated '1901' (lower right) pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper 16 x 10¾ in. (40.6 x 27.3 cm.) Literature C. Newall, Victorian Watercolours, London, 1987, p. 110, pl.78. Exhibited Springfield, 1988, no. 3. Newhaven, 1994. Lot Notes Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale studied at the Crystal Palace Schoolof Art and at the Royal Academy Schools. Her studio was in 11Holland Park Road, almost opposite Leighton House and she wasinfluenced in her work by the Pre-Raphaelites and the earlyItalians, visiting Italy frequently. She exhibited at the RoyalAcademy from 1896-1935, and in 1902 was elected first female memberof the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and to the Royal WatercolourSociety. Her work also involved book illustrations and after thewar, stained-glass window designs.